Why does glycerol diffuse across the cell membrane faster than glucose?
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cell membrane is a lipid bilayer.
Glycerol is lipid soluble so it diffuses by simple diffusion directly through membrane.
Whereas, glucose is polar in nature so it diffuses via a channel protein.
This means that the surface area for the entry of glucose is less.
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cell membrane is a lipid bilayer.
glycerol is lipid soluble(nonpolar) so diffuses simply. Glucose is polar so require a channel.
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